Award Predictions – The Sacred Wall

75th Tony Awards Final Predictions

The Sacred Wall is currently on vacation, and because of this, we won’t be covering the 75th Tony Awards live. I will be back to recap the nominations and performances sometime tomorrow, and until then, you can see my predictions below. The 75th...

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‘Thirteen Lives’ Moves To August As Amazon Kills Its Best Oscar Contender

I’ve seen a lot of things since I officially started covering the Oscar race six years ago. I’ve seen Netflix spend hundreds of millions of dollars only to sabotage their own campaigns. I’ve seen actors stick their own foot in their mouth and...

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75th Tony Award Predictions

After the last few years of…confusing Tony rules, Broadway is officially back, just in time for the 75th Tony Awards! That’s right, the biggest award in the art of theater is back – and just in time, too. This has been a jam-packed season full of...

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95th Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture

Well the 94th Academy Awards are officially dead and buried (cause of death: slap to the face). CODA is officially the newest recipient of the Best Picture Oscar and will have to bear the brunt of think-pieces and backlash for the next ten months...

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94th Academy Award Final Predictions

Boy, what a season, huh? Despite the fact that 2020 was objectively longer, something about the 2021 Oscar race feels like it has gone on forever. Maybe it’s the lack of a frontrunner (things moved quickly when Nomadland just won everything)...

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Four Burning Questions In The Oscars Home Stretch

This weekend, we enter the home stretch of the awards race. Several guilds have already presented their awards, voting begins next week, and this weekend, the BAFTAs, Critics Choice, and Directors Guild will name their best of 2021. So as we...

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28th Screen Actors Guild Award Final Predictions

It doesn’t feel like there should be awards shows going on. I don’t mean this in the sense of “Oh my God, the world’s coming apart” – although there is that too. I mean that it feels like the 28th Screen Actors Guild has done almost no...

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Final 94th Academy Award Predictions

Well folks, it’s finally here. A mere ten months after crowning Nomadland the best film of 2020, we’re back for one more go round with the Academy. Tomorrow morning, at 8:15 am, we’ll learn which films are nominated at the 94th Academy Awards...

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Taking One Last Look At The Best Picture Race

We’re approaching the end of the road, folks. On Tuesday, we’ll find out who’s been nominated for the 94th Academy Awards. Which means my final predictions will be going up sometime Monday afternoon. But before we get to that point, I’m going to...

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94th Academy Award Predictions: The Screenplays

I have one more look at the awards race for you all before I refresh Best Picture and drop my final predictions. As always, this will be the writing categories, far and away my favorites. After all, these are the categories where you get the...

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94th Academy Award Predictions: The Acting Categories

Up next on This Week In Oscar Predictions, I thought we’d take a look at this year’s acting nominees. Normally, I do separate articles for each category, and do deep dives into the contenders. But even if I weren’t on a time crunch, here’s the...

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94th Academy Award Predictions: Best Director

Somehow, next week we will learn who our nominees are for the 94th Academy Awards. Due to the craziness involving my work schedule, I haven’t been able to provide the updates in the race I’ve been meaning to. That’s my bad. But with festivals...